Accession No

Z 3653


Description

Dish - Dish


Place

Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji


Period


Source

Maudslay, Alfred Percival [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 3653; O.X.568.M; 47


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood; Plant; Fibre


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads: [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3653 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Dish, food, length 1'-10". A. P. Maudslay, circa 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '16/47'. [stamped in blue ink:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 16'. [stamped in black ink:] 'CUMAA 16 JUL 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. [added in pencil:] 'OX 568 M'. A round red sticker pasted on the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads: [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 3653 Dish, food, length 1'-10". A. P. Maudslay circa 1875. Show Case number 16'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '16/47'. [added in pencil:] 'OX 568 M.'
Catalogue card 3 reads: [handwritten in black pen:] 'Z 3653 FIJI. DISH, FOOD. 28 1/2 ". A. P. MAUDSLAY. 1875'. [handwritten in red pen:] 'DUPLICATE CARD ORIGINAL NOT FOUND 11-9-03'. A black and white photograph of the object stapled to the back of the card.
Event Date 16/7/1987
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Dish
Event Date 16/7/1987
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'O.X.568.M.' inscribed in white ink inside the dish. '47' inscribed on the dish in orange crayon.
Event Date 21/3/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (CMS Description)
Elongated leaf-shaped dish of wood. The lip has a serrated edge. On one side, the tip of the dish is perforated. A cord of plaited coir is inserted through the hole. The cord is untied and appears to have lost some of its length. The opposite tip is slightly chipped. The object has minor insect damage. Yellow/white accretions can be found all over the object. The bottom of the dish has a small patch of sticky residue.
Event Date 21/3/2013
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Exhibited: 'Chiefs & Governors: Art and power in Fiji', Cambridge MAA, 7 June 2013 - 19 April 2014.
Event Date 25/4/2014
Author: Remke van der Velden


Conservation ()
CON.2013.44 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa


FM:109782

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